Content
85%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is highly actionable and well-sequenced, with concrete file paths, a numbered symmetry checklist, and explicit verification feedback loops. Its only weakness is mild redundancy between the checklist and the "Common Failure Modes" section, which keeps conciseness just below a clean 3.
Suggestions
Consolidate the 'forked env' / option-leak cases so each failure mode appears once — either in the Symmetry Checklist or in 'Common Failure Modes' — with cross-references rather than restated detail, to tighten conciseness.
Consider trimming the 'Required Check Files' table to files not already named inline in the checklist, or vice versa, to reduce repeated path mentions.
The 'Runtime options' checklist line is very dense (it lists six wiring targets in one bullet); splitting it into sub-bullets would preserve actionability while improving scanability.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and assumes Claude's competence (no basic-concept padding), but several items repeat across sections — e.g. the forked-env issue appears in both checklist §4 and "Common Failure Modes" #2, and several file paths are restated in both the "Required Check Files" table and inline. It is mostly efficient but could be tightened, so it sits at score 2 rather than a clean 3. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Guidance is concrete and executable: exact files ("electron/providers/cli-path-env.ts", "electron/main/ipc/schemas.ts"), specific grep targets ("electron/providers/, src/store/app.store.ts"), and a real command ("bun run typecheck"), matching the copy-paste-ready anchor; for an instruction-only skill this fully actionable guidance is not penalized for lacking code. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The "Symmetry Checklist" gives a numbered 6-step sequence and "Verification" supplies explicit checkpoints (typecheck always; start a turn with Claude; start a turn with Codex) plus a feedback loop for probe-vs-runtime drift ("Do not verify env changes with probes only"), matching the explicit-validation-and-checklists anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | There are no bundle files; the SKILL.md is self-contained with well-organized sections and only one-level-deep, clearly signaled references to sibling skills and docs/providers/codex-upgrade-checklist.md. Per the rubric's simple-skill note and the bundle-structure guideline, well-organized sections with no deep nesting earn a 3. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |